Brungaria is a fictitious dictatorship

Dictatorship

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, in the Tom Swift Junior

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 book series

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. Brungaria is loosely modeled on the Soviet Union

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, although it is never stated as a socialist

Socialism

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 country. What is known about Brungaria, is that it is highly advanced in the realm of science

Science

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 and technology

Technology

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. Many of Tom Swift's expeditions on Earth and in space, come close to being thwarted by Brungarian scientist

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s. The Brungarians exhibit disregard for international laws, and often carry out espionage

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 and sabotage

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. The country itself is never elaborated upon, but the reader can infer that Brungaria is somewhere in Eastern Europe

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, and has large mineral and manufacturing resources, along with a spaceport

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